Definitions for Alternately
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. alternatelyadverb

   in an alternating sequence or position

   "They were deglycerolized by alternately centrifuging and mixing"; "he planted fir and pine trees alternately"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. alternatelyadverb

   In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.

2. alternatelyadverb

   By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Alternatelyadverb

   In reciprocal succession, so that each shall be succeeded by that which it succeeds, as, light follows darkness, and darkness follows light.

   Etymology: from alternate.

   The princess Melesinda, bath’d in tears,
   And toss’d alternately with hopes and fears,
   Would learn from you the fortunes of her lord. Dryden.

   Unhappy man! whom sorrow thus and rage
   To different ills alternately engage. Matthew Prior.

   The rays of light are, by some cause or other, alternately disposed to be reflected or refracted for many vicissitudes. Newton.

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1. alternately

   Alternately refers to two or more things happening or following one after the other in a repeated pattern or order. It can also mean switching back and forth between two states or conditions.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Alternatelyadverb

   in reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order

2. Alternatelyadverb

   by alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent

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1. Alternately

   Alternately vs. Alternatively -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Alternately and Alternatively.

How to pronounce Alternately?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Alternately in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Alternately in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Alternately in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Alternately in a Sentence

1. Bob Menendez:

   First of all, it's not been explained, and secondly, it's going to create rate shock, so we believe that it should be alternately suspended for now, we don't know the methodology they employ ; we don't know the conclusions they came up to.

2. John Travolta:

   With no explanation for what theMooses condition is and boy, is whatTravoltadoing a choice Durstand his main star have, rather than giving us a character, merely offered up a hapless, carnival figure of laughable madness, alternately impossible and improbable.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Alternately
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Alternately
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Alternately
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Alternately